Jamie Dlugosch
Jamie is the editor of Penny Stock Winners. He has over 20 years of experience in financial markets including investment banking, equity analysis and research and money management. In addition to being the Editor of Penny Stock Winners, he is also a Contributing Editor of InvestorPlace.com and founder and editor of The Rational Investor.
5 Popular Stocks Past Their PrimeJuly 22, 2009 By Jamie Dlugosch, Contributing Editor, InvestorPlace |
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If you're not actively trading stocks these days, chances are your performance is as dull as the overall market — maybe worse.
That's a problem, because as investors, we tend to get attached to our holdings and hold on far too long. Yet, particularly during a market like this, yesterday's winners are often losers today.
We should really think of a stock as a car instead of a friend.
Sure, it was new and shiny once, and the trip was fast. But then the ride gets rough, and even after repairs are made, it doesn't run quite as nice. At some point, it's time to trade it in.
So with an eye toward portfolio diversity, let me propose some trade-in trades designed to help you shed popular stocks now past their prime for today's leaders in the same sectors.
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